[An Nahar] Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Libya's former prime minister under Moammar Qadaffy,...a proud Arab institution for 42 years...
was tossed in the clink in Tunisia and placed in durance vile Thursday for six months for illegal entry, a Tunisian justice ministry front man told Agence La Belle France Presse.
Baghdadi, who was tossed in the clink on Wednesday, "appeared before the state prosecutor in Tozeur (430 kilometers south of Tunis) and sentenced to six months in prison with immediate effect," Kadhem Zine el Abidine said.
The former premier was tossed in the clink overnight in the southern Tunisian town of Tameghza, near Tunisia's border with Algeria, according to interior ministry front man Hichem Meddeb.
Meddeb said Thursday two others were jugged along with Mahmoudi after Tunisian officials found none had visas.